Status update: done most of deepholm quests now. At the end, there seem to just be repeatable quests from the earthmother, much like sons of hodir. Haven't done those yet.
Again, there's phasing of the place going on, but it's not a problem, as there are no group quests yet. I wonder why they did that, actually. Everything is soloable, which is fine, but they always implemented group quests before.... ah well.
Tried to do Stonething instance again once or twice. Killed everything except the endboss, which seems to be a fight you really need to learn tactics on. Definitely not your average tank and spank fight.
Again, i like the fact that you can (and will) die/wipe on trash and bosses, even when running in normal mode with toons that are higher then required level. Definitely a huge change from WotLK instances!
One thing that does bother me is the portal thingy: there are portals in Stromwind going to waterworld and deepholm, and even a deepholm portal back to stormwind, but there are no portals from/to Hyjal whatsoever. This is especially crappy for alliance toons, as they'll have to travel a long way to get there. Heck, there doesn't even seem to be an inn in Hyjal, where you can park your toon for rested bonus. Yes, there's an innkeeper, but you don't get rested.
Or am i wrong?